Napkin-holder.



No. 872,852. PATENTED DEG. 3/1907.

D. SELLERS.

NAPKINVHOLDER APPLICATION IILBD 5mm 1a. 1906.

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DAVID SELLERS, OF WINFIELD, KANSAS.

NAPKIN-I-IOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed July 18. 1906. Serial No. 326.784.

Patented Dec. 3, 1907. j

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID SELLERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Winfield, in the county of Cowley and State of Kansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Napkin-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to clasps, and its primary object is to provide a device of this character which is especially adapted for securing a napkin upon the person, which is simple and durable, and which may be manufactured and sold at a comparatively low cost.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a view in front elevation of a clasp constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a view in rear elevation thereof. Fig. 3 1s a side elevation. Flg. 4 1s a vertical central sectlon therethrough. Flg.

5 is a view in front elevation of the body of the clasp. Fig. 6 is a view in front elevation of the jaw of the clasp.

Referring to the drawings by reference characters, A designates the body, B the jaw and C the spring of my improved clasp.

The body is designed to be constructed of a single strand of wire, which strand is formed to provide parallel side bars 2, a lower connecting bar 3 and an upper connecting bar 4. The ends of the strand, which form the upper connecting bar 4, are arranged in overlapped relation. The ends are flattened to provide enlarged portions 5, the purpose of which will be presently set forth. The side bars 2 are formed to provide eyes 6 which are arranged at points intermediate the ends of the bars, and which are provided for the purpose of receiving a pivot post 7. The ends of the pivot post 7 project laterally beyond the side bars 2 and are flattened to provide enlarged heads which retain the pivot post in applied position. The jaw B is also constructed of a single strand of wire, which strand is formed to provide parallel arms 8 and a connecting bar 9. The arms 8 are bent intermediate their ends to provide journals 10 through which passes the pivot post 7 to pivotally mount the jaw B upon the body A. The connecting bar 9 of the jaw B and the arms thereof extend downwardly at a point below the bar 3 of the body. The lower ends are formed to provide pointed hooks 11 which engage below thebar 3, as fully illustrated in the drawings.

A spring C is coiled upon the pivot post at a point intermediate the journals 10 of the jaw B, said spring retaining the arms 8 of the jaw in proper spaced relation. The ends of the spring 0 are contained in an upward direction, as at 12 and 13. The extension 12 of the spring C is coiled about the end of the strand forming the connecting bar 4 of the body A to retain the strand in body formation and is then continued upwardly beyond said bar and formed to provide a hook 14, which provides means by which the clasp may be secured to the person. The extension 13 of the spring 0 is coiled about the connecting bar 9 of the jaw B, whereby said jaw is normally retained in clamping position.

In practice, the connecting bar. 9 of the jaw B is engaged and moved in the direction of the connecting bar 4 of the body A to permit the clas to be applied to a napkin. The

clasp is a p ied to a napkin by inserting one edge of t e napkin between the body A and jaw B. After the clasp has been applied, the jaw B is released to permit the spring C to force the hooks 11 in engagement with the napkin and permit the arms 8 to clamp the napkin firmly between them and the body A, after which the napkin may be secured to the person through the medium of the hook 14'.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and mode of operation of the invention should be understood without a further extended description.

Changes in the form, proportions and minor details of construction may be made within the S00 e of the claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having fully described and illustrated my invention, what I claim is:

1. A clasp comprising a body constructed of a single strand of wire, the ends of the strand being enlarged and overlapped, a pivot post secured to the body, a jaw constructed of a single strand of wire and pivotally mounted upon the pivot post, and a coiled spring mounted upon the pivot post and having one of its ends wrap ed about the overlap ed ends of the strand of which the body is ormed and thence extended and formed to provide a hook, the other end of strand being overlapped, a jaw pivotally the strand engaging the jaw. mounted upon the body, and a spring, one

2. A clasp comprising a body constructed end of the spring being Wrapped about the of a single strand of Wire, the ends of the overlapped ends of the strand. 5 strand being enlarged and overlap ed, a jaw In testimony whereof, I affix my signature 15 pivotally mounted upon the b0 and a in presence of tWo Witnesses. spring, one end ofthe spring being Wrap ed p DAVID SELLERS. 1

about the overlapped ends'of the stran Witnesses: 3. A clasp comprising a body constructed H. M. JARVIS,

10 of a single strand of Wire, the ends of the l G. L. JARVIS. 

